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My Father has been collecting for years and I have recently been bitten by the parker bug. I was given a 12 gauge VHE parker on a 1 1/2 frame. Truly a thing of beauty (at least to me). He had great difficulty in getting the forend on and when he took it off we are still having the same difficulty. It seems as though the cocking toggle is not allowing the forend to engage al the way. Any thoughts on this? I am all ears, and thank you in advance for this forum. I'm really looking forward to your posts about this and others. I did try searching for tis topic but met with limited success.
Thank you
Foster

Did you dry fire it, then take it apart?

Welcome Foster! Yes, try dry firing it and see if that helps.

Most likely yes we dried fired and took it apart. Please forgive my ignorance in all of this, my previous passion was old Ithacas and these are a bit more involved. When I attempt to put the forened on it looks like the cocking toggle is not where it should be as it hits the joint roll. Any thoughts? And thank you so very much to both of you for responding!

You have to get the fore end lined up just right. And sometimes it needs some wiggling around, although be careful not to force it

I'll give it another go! Thanks again!!

Your original post said it is an ejector gun, are one or both ejector hammers in the ''fired'' position? If so you need to cock them before it will go back on. Use a hard wood block to cock the hammer.

I am really embarrassed to say this but how exactly would I do this?

Looking closer, it looks like the unhooking pin that comes out of the receiver is not going down all the way, could this be part of the problem and what would it be linked to?

We all have a first time. Underneath the fore end are 2 round, curved hammers. If they are not cocked you use the corner of a small block of wood or a brass rod to push them forward until they cock. I am not doing a very good job of this but a few minutes of looking at it should help to figure it out. Hold the fore end in your off hand and push forward. If it is already cocked you will see the end of the hammer and that is not the problem.

I see what you are saying, everything seems to be rolled forward (towards the receiver) x 2. I took a picture but I'm having difficulty uploading it. For what it is worth it does stand above the forend like looking down at two thick nickels.

But be careful in this cocking process - you can damage the forend if you don’t hold it VERY firmly abd don’t let that block of wood slip off the ejector hammers. Those springs are very strong!





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so those hammers need to be cocked back away from the receiver? Started to move them a bit and they are strong! Any tips on this?

also, not sure if this is important but with the extractors open the forend will fit on the barrel easily and very snug

Ejectors, not extractors, right?

correction, extractors

Sorry to have mislead you if you have extractors and not ejectors.

I was able to get one of the hammer s back, but not both. Any suggestions? Thanks as always and i really appreciate everyone's time and input

Something is obviously preventing that ejector hammer from staying cocked. It is often because of dirt, grime, congealed grease or something else.





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So you do have ejectors. If 1 will not hold in the cocked position it is above my pay grade. At that point all i can say is do not take anything apart and wait for a professional to give advice. Parker ejectors in need of repair are in need of an experienced smith.

SUCCESS!! I was able to bring the hammers back a fair amount using a quick grip clamp ( the kind you find a hardware store) after taking the assembly out of the wooden forend. Flipped it over and use a screwdriver to ease the hammers back! Thank you very much to everyone for your insight. One strange thing which I'll have to figure out, the right barrel ejects a shell 10+ feet behind me while the left barrel does not eject at all.

I’m no expert by any means, however I had the same issue with a recent purchase ...... VHE skeet gun. It turned out one of the ejectors was broken.
I ended up sending it to DelGrego for repair and a good cleaning waiting for its return.

They are about an hour away from me. He did a total restoration on a CHE Parker for my father. Expensive, but amazing work! I cant imagine you will be disappointed. I'm thinking of having him touch up the engraving and case harden for me as well on this one

Piggy backing on this thread. Should a gun with ejecters always be cocked before removing the forend?

It does not really matter.

Thanks. I continued to search older threads after I posted and it was suggested to be sure the gun and extractors are cocked before removing the forend.